Door stop



March 26, 1940.

M J. SASGEN DOOR STOP Filed Jan. 18, 1939 INVENTOR. Wioiael J5cz56e/z.

ATTORNEY.

I Patented :Mar. '26,; 1940 oN-irsoisrs'res mu fo FicE i noon s'r'or.

Michael J. Sasgen, Chicagjorlll. I Application January 18, 1939,seria1 Nb..251,522 t 6 Claims. (01. 292-338) Thebase bracket I2 is formed up out of sheet This invention relates to "improvements in door stops'of the pivoted lever type.

The object of the invention is to provide a door I stop of this character whichshall have an im- 5 proved means for holding thelever in raised inoperative position; the levrofwhich shall be formed or folded up outof sheet metal and shall present a'very artistic appearance; which-shall have an adjustable shoe onfits floor contacting 19 end, of simple construction and having a sub stantially water-tight connection with the lever.

porta t feature of theinvention-resides in the" fact that the lever is slightly resilient sidewise,

so that it does not depend so much upon the resiliency of the ears for engagement to .hold the lever in raised position.

Other beneficial features will appear from the followingdesoription taken in conjunction with the accompanying, drawing, forming part of this specification, and the appended claims. The invention will be more readily understood by reference to said drawing, in Which- I Fig l is aside elevation of my improved door stop shown in operative position in full lines and the lever down in inoperative position in dotted lines; j

Fig. 2' is a vfront elevational view of the stop shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a vertical, central section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2; v I Fig. 4 is a horizontal section on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1;

Figs. 5; 6i and 7 are horizontal sections taken resp'ectiv'elyon the lines 55, 6-45 and l--l of Fig. 2; i

1 Fig. 8 is a vertical, fragmentary'section on the line 8-8 of Fig.1; and I Fig. 9 is a perspective view of thefoot piece before it is covered with rubber.

In,.said. drawing, I9 representsgenerally my improved door stop. The stop comprises a stop lever i pivotally mounted at its upper end on a base bracket l2 which is adapted to be secured H is provided with a shoe is having a rubber covering I1 including a rubber pad l8 at the bot- 55 tom for contact with the floor.

provides the pivotal mounting forthe lever I and the upper pair 23 isadfapted to co-operate metal and-has a back plate I9 which is pro; video. with holes 20 for receiving screws 2 l The bracket i2 is formed withv two laterally extend"; ing projections at its lower end and with two pairs o'i' fo rwardly extending projections 22 near its lower end and 23 at its upper end.

The projections ofeach of these pairs forwardlyji'n parallel relation. The lowerflpair with theiever H to. holdit in raised or inoperative position, as indicated in dotted lines'i nFig. 1. Thelever H is also formed up out ofsheet I metal and is made hollow as shown, among other reasons so that it may be provided with smooth' rounded edges 2! and for lightness and stifiriess. The seam 25 between the edges of thesh'eetofi which'tlie lever H is formed, .extendscentrally at the rear side of the lever from end to end of 2.0 the. lever and these-edges are slightly. 'sep" ed for a purpose to be explained. r

As shown in Fig. 3, the lever l I is rounded-outas shown-at 26, to aid in stifieningfthe l'e'ver and to give it an artistic appearance. Between the 25 ends of the lever H, the side walls are formed outwardly to provide longitudinally- "extending transversely rounded ridges or projections 27 in position'to be arranged between the upper. pairof projections 23 onthe base I!) to hold thele'ver 30.

i'nraised position. As best shown ln 'Figl l, the projections 23 are provided with-verticallyex-r tending shoulders 28 against which" the proj'ecs' tions' 21 contact when the lever l l; is fully raised. Just in front of the shoulders 28 the projections 35- 23 are provided with shallow vertical g-roovest29 (see Figs. .3 and 4') into which the. rounded pro;

jections 21 on the lever, snap as .the lever reaches its uppermost position.

' holding position and without undue wear. 45 I The ridges 21 are made evenlonger than the verticalwidth of the projections 23, and are'so to a. .door I3 near its lower end and in such posi placed that they co in? With the projections ticn that the lower or free end of the lever ll' 23 throughout the entire width of the projections and thus tend to reduce wear to a minimum and so that the devic'ewill remain in proper operative condition indefinitely. Another benefit of mak- 'ing the ridges 21 rather long is that this facilitates in thefmanufacture of diirerent sizes of stops in which therelationship of the ridges 21 u This turned in wall is formed to fit tightly between the projections 23 and serves to assist in preventing the projections 23 being displaced in use.

The pivot '3! upon which the lever ,il is mounted on'the bracket 52, is preferably in the form of a rounded headed rivet, and I secure the rivet in place by first providing a central hole 32 in the end to be riveted and then by means of a special tool I round down the thin wall produced by the hole 32, thus producing asmooth finish to the rivet. i

As shown, the lever II is free betweenjthe projections 22, and the hole for the rivet 3! is slightly larger than the diameter of the rivet and this allows a slight lateral swingor lateral movement to thelever which assists in the firm contacting ofthe shoe it with the floor if the floor and door arenot quite true with each other.

The sidewalls of the'lever' H are formed closer together at its ends than at its intermediate portion so that at its pivoted end the projections 22 can be brought in closer together and at its bottom end the shoe It will not be so large.

The shoe it comprises an inner box-like shell 33 formed upout of sheet metal tov provide a hol-' low projection t l and' the walls of which are spread out and flattened to provide a horizontal flange 35 which extends along each side and across the forward end .36. The shell 33 is covered inside and out with they vulcanized on, rubber cover I! whichis thickened at the bottom to provide the pad 8 for contact with the floor, and which is preferably formed with transversely extending V-shaped ridges 3'! to assist in gripping the fioor.

The upper part of the toe flange 36 is cutaway at its middle portion as shown at 38, to permit the rubber at this point tobe firmly vulcanized to the lower part of the flange 36, both on its bottom surface and on its topsurface. The opening 39 which is provided in the shell 34 to receive the lower end of the lever ll, is slightly larger in cross-section than the lever and this leaves room to provide a thin covering of the rubber as shown at 40. This lining of rubber is arranged to fit snugly upon the lower end of the lever and assists in preventing wateror moisture entering between the lever and the shoe,.which would tend to rust same, and the lining provides a tight fit between the lower end of thelever and the sho and holds the shoe rigidly inposition.

To secure the shoe 1% upon the lever l l, the lower end of the lever is provided with an elongated central longitudinal slot 4! which is enlarged at a plurality of points to receive a screw 42 which extends laterally through the shoe and the lever. By moving the screw 42 from one enlargement to another, it is obvious that thelever can be varied in length to. suit the circumstances.

As many modifications of the invention will.

readily suggest themselves to one skilled in the art, I do not limitor confine the invention to the specific features of construction herein shown and described-except within the scope of the appended claims.

, I claim: v

1. In a door stop of the kind described, a hollow lever, a base plate upon which the lever is pivotally mounted to swing up and down, a pair of relatively rigid projectionson the base plate vided on their innersurfaceswith slight longi 'tudinally extending grooves for receiving said rounded ridges. I, I s

3. The invention as-defined in claimv 1, the side walls of the lever provided with'longitudinally extending rounded ridges for contact with said" projections on the base, and said projections provided on their inner surfaces'with slight grooves for receiving said rounded ridges, and vertical stop shoulders on said projections on the base for preventing the further inward movement of the lever.

4. In a door stop of the. kind described, a lever proper which. is formed" of sheet metal and is hollow, the lever having front and rear walls joined at each sideby a side wall, the lever formed to have a substantial thickness and yet be light inweight, a base plateupon which one end of the lever is pivotally mounted to swing up and down, a pair of forwardly-projecting ears on the base plate between which the body of the lever is received when in inoperative position, the lever being slightly resilient laterally for entering freely between said ears.

5. In a door stop, a lever,,a base plate upon which the lever is pivotally mounted to swing to operative or inoperative position, a. pair of relatively rigid projections on the base plate between whichthe body of the lever is received'when raised to inoperative position, the leverbein'gv slightly resilient laterally for facilitating its entrance between said projections. I

'6. In a door stop of the kind described, a hollow lever proper formed out of sheet metal and having solid front and side walls and' a split rear wall and ends, the split extending' longitudinally of the lever and'spacing the portions of the rear wall slightly from one another to give to the lever a slight lateral resiliency, theends of-the lever being" reduced in thickness overthe intermediate portion of the lever.

n ormal. SASGEN. 

